Exposure Blueprint: Mastering Persistent Threat Validation in Government

Embedding Intelligence-Led Exposure Management at the Heart of Public Sector Cyber Defence

In today’s increasingly digital government landscape, cloud-first strategies, interconnected platforms and citizen-centric digital services have expanded the public sector’s attack surface significantly. As cyber threats evolve in scale and sophistication, the need for real-time, contextual understanding of actual security gaps - beyond theoretical vulnerabilities - is more critical than ever. 

Continuous threat exposure management is redefining how government agencies strengthen cyber resilience. By simulating real-world attacks - including breach and attack simulations, automated red teaming and external attack surface management - security teams gain a precise, evidence-based understanding of exploitable vulnerabilities across hybrid infrastructures. 

Unlike periodic assessments, this continuous validation approach offers tailored attack simulations and dynamic control testing across endpoints, networks, cloud environments and containers. It enables agencies to identify weaknesses in real time, prioritise risks based on potential impact and validate the effectiveness of existing defences across multi-layered security architectures. 

Cloud security validation now goes beyond misconfiguration scanning to include breach feasibility testing and control validation for environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes. This ensures security postures remain robust amid shifting workloads, evolving threats and increased inter-agency integrations. 

AI and automation simplify validation, enabling teams to run realistic simulations using natural language, threat intelligence feeds, and guided playbooks. Automated remediation accelerates response and reduces operational overhead. 

Customisable threat scenarios and intelligence-led testing make this approach agile and responsive to both emerging and persistent threats - supporting national resilience goals, compliance with cybersecurity frameworks and the uninterrupted delivery of essential services to citizens. 

OpenGov Asia is pleased to extend an invitation to an OpenGov Breakfast Insight bringing together senior public sector leaders to explore how continuous, AI-enhanced exposure validation can reinforce national cyber defence, drive operational resilience and safeguard digital government initiatives. 

This exclusive peer-to-peer session will explore how to implement continuous threat exposure management, run intelligent simulations across hybrid infrastructures and use AI to prioritise and remediate vulnerabilities effectively. Learn how government agencies can embed these capabilities into daily operations - moving from reactive defence to proactive, intelligence-led cyber resilience. 

This session will allow delegates to:  

• ADOPT a continuous exposure validation approach to uncover, prioritise and address exploitable vulnerabilities across complex hybrid government infrastructures. 

• CONDUCT realistic, scenario-based attack simulations that assess security effectiveness across networks, cloud platforms, endpoints and containerised services. 

• LEVERAGE advanced risk scoring and exposure dashboards for prioritised, compliance-aligned decision-making. 

• AUTOMATE remediation workflows through AI-driven recommendations, reducing manual effort and accelerating time-to-fix across distributed systems. 

• INTEGRATE exposure validation into existing public sector cybersecurity frameworks and platforms, enhancing visibility, response agility and operational assurance. 

Who should attend

• Chief Information Officers  

• Chief Information Security Officers  

• Chief Innovation Officers  

• Chief Operating Officer  

• Chief Technology Officers  

• Chief Transformation Officers  

• Directors and Heads of Cloud Architecture  

• Directors and Heads of IT Infrastructure  
• Directors and Heads of Technology Capabilities  
• Directors and Heads of Technology, Strategy  
• Directors of Heads of IT Security  
• Heads of DevOps  
• Heads of IT Operations  
• Heads of Networks  
• Heads of Operation